Abraham > Abraham's Quotes

“Life is a cruel teacher. It punishes you first, and then gives you the lesson.”
― Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Guide to Investing

“One of the reasons the rich get richer is that they buy more investments by taking advantage of the tax laws. In essence, the money that would have been paid in taxes is used to buy additional assets, which provide another deduction against income, which reduces the taxes due, legally.”
― Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
― John Maxwell

“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”
― John Maxwell

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
― Warren Buffett

“People see only what they think is there rather than what's actually there.”
― James R. Doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

“Research has shown that the more connected we are socially, the longer we will live and the faster we will recover when we get ill. In truth, isolation and loneliness puts us at a greater risk for early disease and death than smoking. Authentic social connection has a profound effect on your mental health—it even exceeds the value of exercise and ideal body weight on your physical health. It makes you feel good. Social connection triggers the same reward centers in your brain that are triggered when people do drugs, or drink alcohol, or eat chocolate. In other words, we get sick alone, and we get well together.”
― James R. Doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart

“Everything didn't have to be broken just because something was broken. I didn't have to be broken.”
― James R. Doty, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart